1.1 Expansion: Opportunities and Challenges

• What does the term "expansion" refer to in the context of the United States from 1840 to 1895?

  Territorial growth, especially westward
• The issue of slavery intensified sectional tensions during westward expansion.


  True
• Match the opportunity with its corresponding challenge during westward expansion:

  Economic Growth ↔️ Sectional Tensions

  Cheap Land ↔️ Displacement of Native Americans

  Natural Resources ↔️ Logistical Difficulties
• What did the Louisiana Purchase provide for the United States in terms of expansion?

  Vast new territory
• What was the Trail of Tears?

  Forced relocation of Cherokee
• What was the Trail of Tears?

  Forced relocation of Cherokee
• The displacement of Native Americans was a major challenge of westward expansion.


  True
• Order the major challenges of westward expansion during 1840–1895.

  1️⃣ Intensifying sectional tensions over slavery

  2️⃣ Displacement of Native Americans

  3️⃣ Logistical difficulties in expanding infrastructure
• What territory did the U.S. acquire from France in 1803?

  Louisiana Purchase
• Match the opportunities and challenges of the Louisiana Purchase.

  Cheap or free land ↔️ Displacement of Native Americans

  Natural resources ↔️ Sectional tensions over slavery
• What was the concept of Manifest Destiny?

  Belief in U.S. expansion
• What was a major sectional tension caused by westward expansion?

  Slavery
• Expanding infrastructure across new territories was easy and cost-free.

  False
• Match the opportunity with its related challenge:

  Manifest Destiny ↔️ Displacement of Native Americans

  Louisiana Purchase ↔️ Sectional tensions over slavery
• The Trail of Tears resulted in the deaths of approximately 4,000 Cherokee people.

  True
• Order the challenges faced by Native Americans during westward expansion:

  1️⃣ Displacement from ancestral lands

  2️⃣ Violent conflicts with settlers

  3️⃣ Trail of Tears
• Match the consequence of the Mexican-American War with its impact:

  Acquisition of New Territories ↔️ The U.S. gained control of California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico

  Intensification of Sectional Tensions ↔️ The debate over slavery in new territories divided the North and South

  Impact on Native Americans ↔️ Native populations in the acquired territories faced displacement and conflicts with settlers
• Westward expansion during 1840–1895 led to economic growth, cheap land, and rich natural resources
• What was one of the major challenges for Native Americans during westward expansion?

  Displacement from their lands
• The concept of Manifest Destiny drove the belief that the United States was destined to expand across the North American continent
• The displacement of Native Americans was a consequence of westward expansion.

  True
• The Trail of Tears resulted in the deaths of approximately 4,000 Cherokee
• The Trail of Tears resulted in the deaths of an estimated 4,000
• Which Native American tribes resisted encroachment on their lands?

  Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek
• Manifest Destiny was the belief that the U.S. was destined to expand across the North American continent.


  True
• The displacement of Native Americans during westward expansion led to the loss of their ancestral lands.
• The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States.


  True
• The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States.

  True
• Westward expansion led to the displacement of Native Americans
• What year was the Louisiana Purchase made?

  1803
• The most infamous example of Native American displacement was the Trail of Tears
• What was the impact of westward expansion on Native American populations?

  Forced relocation
• One consequence of the Mexican-American War was the acquisition of present-day California
• The Trail of Tears was a result of westward migration and settlement patterns.


  True
• What economic opportunities attracted Americans westward?

  Natural resources and markets
• The Trail of Tears refers to the forced relocation of Native Americans to present-day Oklahoma.


  True
• What was a major challenge of westward expansion regarding Native Americans?

  Forcible removal from lands
• Westward expansion led to new markets and increased agricultural production
• Building transportation networks across vast new territories was a major logistical challenge of westward expansion.


  True
• What was the Louisiana Purchase and when did it occur?

  Acquisition of territory in 1803